Feline Panleukopenia1

Feline Panleukopenia is caused by feline parvovirus. Panleukopenia causes high mortality in kittens. It is highly contagious and is spread through contact with an infected animal's bodily fluids or feces. It can be spread through contact with bedding, food dishes, or even by the clothing and shoes of those who handle infected animals. Clinical signs include loss of appetite, fever, and frequent vomiting.

Respiratory Disease Complex2

Just as humans spread colds amongst each other easily, feline viral respiratory diseases are highly contagious illnesses that can spread rapidly through multi-cat homes, catteries, and shelters (but cats cannot catch our colds and we can’t catch their respiratory diseases). They are one of the most common infectious disease problems a cat owner is likely to encounter. Clinical signs include: sneezing, runny nose, and loss of appetite.

Rabies3-5

Rabies is always fatal. Rabies virus attacks the central nervous system of the animal, leading to an agonizing death. Infection is usually transmitted via the saliva of a rabid animal, through a bite, through contamination of scratch wounds or via mucosal membranes. Because rabies can be transmitted from infected animals to humans, it can pose a serious public health concern if an outbreak is suspected or reported. Most states have laws requiring rabies vaccines.

Feline Leukemia Virus6

Feline Leukemia occurs worldwide and is a common cause of fatality in cats. The disease is spread through contact with saliva or blood, or from sharing food and water dishes with an infected cat. A cat fight is a common way of contacting those fluids, but social grooming can spread the virus. Even cats that appear healthy can be infected with the virus. Kittens are especially vulnerable; they can contract the disease in their mother’s womb, or after birth through mother’s milk. The virus attacks the cat's immune system, leading to immune system suppression, increased risk of certain cancers, and suppression of the bone marrow. Clinical signs can vary, but include pale gums, yellow in the whites of eyes, fever, loss of appetite, and breathing difficulty.

PUREVAX.

PUREVAX vaccines are designed for cats and kittens and deliver a robust, effective immune response without the need for adjuvants. The PUREVAX Rabies vaccine and PUREVAX FeLV (feline leukemia virus) vaccine have been developed using state-of-the-art technology to provide safe and effective vaccines for these diseases without the use of adjuvants.

An adjuvant is a substance that is added to a vaccine to increase the body’s immune response to the vaccine. Adjuvants have been associated with injection site reaction, injection site granuloma, and chronic inflammation in cats.7,8 PUREVAX feline vaccines are made without the use of adjuvants. Be sure to ask your veterinarian for PUREVAX vaccines, the only complete line of nonadjuvanted feline vaccines available.

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